This study examines the course of Greek–Serbian relations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the main concern of both sides was the division of Ottoman Macedonia into spheres of influence. The author deepens the research by highlighting the factors that played a decisive role in the evolution of the negotiations, the perspective of each side regarding the nature and prospects of the planned Greek–Serbian rapprochement, as well as the priorities and objectives of the two countries. At the same time, the study explores specific issues such as the Serbian perspective on the question of a Balkan Federation, the different aspects of Serbian policy concerning the autonomy of Macedonia, and finally attempts an overview of Greek–Serbian relations during the period of the Macedonian Struggle.
Friends by process of elimination: Greek-Serbian Relations from the annexation of Eastern Rumelia to the Young Turk Revolution (1885-1908)
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Dušan S. SpasojevićFormer Ambassador of Serbia to Greece and Turkey -
Athanasios LoupasPhD (Doctor of Philosophy) Balkan History, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiAthanasios Loupas holds a PhD in Balkan History from the Department of History and Archaeology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and is Member of the Adjunct Teaching Staff of the Hellenic Open University. He served as a member of the Joint Interdisciplinary Committee of Experts in Balkan History(JICE) of Greece and North Macedonia for historical, archaeological and educational issues during the period 2018–2020. His main research interests include Greek–Serbian/Yugoslav relations in the 19th and 20th centuries and the history of the Macedonian Question.
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Iakovos MichailidisVice Rector of International Relations and Outreach, Lifelong Learning and Student Care at Aristotle UniversityIakovos Michailidis serves as a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the School of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). During the academic year 2012-2013, he served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Cyprus. In the academic year 2019-2020, he received a Fulbright scholarship and was a Visiting Researcher at George Washington University in the USA. That same year, he was an Academic Visitor at the University of Oxford. He has worked as an Expert for the Western Balkans at the European Economic and Social Committee of the European Union. He is the Vice President of the Supervisory Council of the Greek General State Archives. He is also the head of the Research Center of the Society for Macedonian Studies and a member of many Greek and European scientific networks and organizations, such as the European thematic history network Clioh/Cliohnet. He is an honorary member of the “Parnassos” Literary Society and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Historical Museum and the Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia-Thrace
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Stratos DordanasAssociate Professor of History in the Department of History and Archaeology at Aristotle University of ThessalonikiStratos Dordanas is Associate Professor of History in the Department of History and Archaeology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He specializes in political-diplomatic and social history, the study of wars and civil conflicts, with particular reference to the two World Wars.
He is the author of the following studies, among others: Greeks against Greeks: The World of the Security Battalions in Occupied Thessaloniki, 1941–1944 (Thessaloniki: Epikentro, 2006); The Blood of the Innocent: Reprisals by the German Occupation Authorities in Macedonia, 1941–1944 (Athens: Estia, 2007); The German Uniform in Mothballs: Survivals of Collaborationism in Macedonia, 1945–1974 (Athens: Estia, 2011); The Paid Agents: German Propaganda in Greece during the First World War (Athens: Alexandria, 2021); and The German “Lawrence of Arabia” and the Jihad “Made in Germany”: From Max von Oppenheim to the Swastika, 1914–1945 (Athens: Alexandria, 2024).
His co-authored works include, indicatively: Stratos N. Dordanas and Vaios Kalogrias, The Lives of Others: The Stasi and the Greek Political Refugees in East Germany, 1949–1989 (Thessaloniki: Epikentro, 2020).